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Local Contact Info

Wheatstone Inn: Centre Seven, Barnwood Fields, Barnwood By Pass, Barnwood, Gloucester, GL4 3HR. Tel. 01452 634360

St. Lawrence Church, Church Lane, Barnwood, Gloucester GL4 3JB. Tel. 01452 372731

Barnwood House Trust (special needs arising from serious physical or mental disabilities), The Manor House, 162 Barnwood Road, Gloucester GL4 3JX

Street Based Youth Work Tuesday 7-9.30pm (April-Sept) Thursday evenings 7-9.30pm Contact: Myomi or Julie Tel: 07919 691004

Old Richians Rugby Club Under 8’s to 17s and Colts 3 senior sides & veterans side Local Community Club Contact: Jose Collier Tel: 01452 386808

Kendal Road Baptist Church Mid week clubs catering for school aged children. Weds 5.30-6.30pm Reception Year 2 Weds 7-8.30pm Year 7-8 Thurs 6-7.30pm Year 3-6 Thurs 7.45-9.30pm Year 9-13 Tel: 01452 520752

Lonsdale Road Methodist Church, Lonsdale Road, Elmbridge, GL2 OTA. Services At 10.30 am and 6.30pm. Minister: Rev.Philip Morse

Editor:

I’m Dennis and as an agent for the Works I have been distributing the Works local to your homes for many years, so it is likely that you may have seen me on my rounds.

I am now looking to submit some interesting articles, which I hope, will complement our already popular magazine.

For future issues I will be looking for local topics, your opinions (good or bad!), stories & people of interest so any suggestions would be most welcomed- please email [email protected].

As a community magazine we are always trying to extend our links with local businesses and believe that our low budget advertising offers could be the answer to promoting a company’s business during the current “credit crunch” climate.

Editor: Dennis Barnsley

Would you like to learn:

Piano, Keyboard, Flute, Violin

Theory of Music

ABRSM Exams or just for fun

Jean Gibbens B.Ed (Hons) Cert.Ed.

Churchdown Tel: 01452 712685

http://piano.flet.org


YOUR HANDS ARE YOUR PERSONAL

BUSINESS CARDS

Off Brionne way

Longlevens

07809 119699

Opening hours mon-fri 9am-10pm and sat 9am-3pm

SOAK OFF & NEW SET £25.00

NEW SETS £20.00

INFILS £15.00

INFILS + REPLACEMENTS = £1.00 P/NAIL+ £15.00

NAIL ART £ 5.00

POLISH £ 5.00

MINI MANICURE - POLISH £10.00

MINI PEDICURE - POLISH £10.00

MINI PEDICURE - MINX £20.00

SOAK OFF & MINI MANICURE – POLISH £12.50

Gloucester Wotton Tennis Club

Posy Lane (between Denmark Road and

Lansdown Road) Gloucester

Hard courts and grass courts

League tennis (3 mens teams and 3

ladies teams)

Social tennis – day time and

evening

Adult and junior coaching

Enquiries: Dave Padfield 01452 302818, email

[email protected]

Coaching enquiries: Graham Baum 01452

840280, email [email protected]

Please feel free to contact one of the above if

you want to chat about playing.

All are welcome at a Free Open Day at the

Club on Saturday 21st April, 9am for 5 to 7 year

olds, 10am for 8 to 12 year olds, 11am for

teenagers, 12noon for adults. Equipment will

be provided for you to “have a go”

www.wottontennisclub.co.uk


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Barnwood Primary School In this edition we pay our first visit of the year to Barnwood Primary

School which as usual has several topics of interest and new

initiatives to report on.

A School Newspaper has been introduced with the first ever edition proving a very popular

and interesting read. The idea for the ” Termly Times” was first mentioned during last term and

since then the Year 6 pupils under the guidance of Mrs Jane Dyer , a Parent & Clerk to

Governors, have an organisation and structure in place to produce the newspaper on a once

a term basis. Specific roles have been allocated to Pupils, these include: Sub Editors, Reporters

and Photographers, who have particular responsibility for different topics.

The paper is an undoubted success with many interesting features and photos, all contributed

by pupils from the school. There are sections on School Events, Sport, Film and Book reviews.

Interviews are also proposed with Head Teacher Anne Davies chosen as the first nominee.

Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) Project was initiated last year and involves the pupils from

several schools in Gloucestershire working directly with the RSC in developing their Theatre and

Drama studies. All Year 4 pupils from Barnwood Primary have been participating and

contributing to a production of a Midsummers Night Dream which was performed under the

direction of the RSC at the Park University Campus in March. The play proved to be a

resounding success for all involved.

Continuing with the Arts theme, at the end of March, The M&M Theatre Group; a travelling

group of thespians gave a live performance of the play, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

for the whole school. A very enjoyable occasion which gave all pupils the opportunity to

experience a “live” performance of a play.

Indaba Project. The final visit of the Indaba project was held at the school in February. Head

teacher Anne Davies welcomed the visiting party which included: Bishop Michael from

Gloucester, Bishop Mary from California and Bishop Sadok from Tanzania. The School choir

gave their distinguished guests a rousing welcome which was followed by a stimulating

Question and Answer session with Staff and pupils. The Bishops expressed their delight at their

reception and the informative questioning of the pupils and staff at the school.

Positive discussions followed on how to implement the ideas generated from the project in

approaching the issues around Poverty, Lack of Resources and Youth development. It is

important that these partnerships now established should be maintained in the future for the

benefit of all the dioceses involved.

Julie Rudd the school cook representing Barnwood

Primary participated in the School Chef of the

Year, a National School Competition held annually.

Julie was a highly commended runner up in the

Regional finals of the Competition.

Congratulations to Julie on this prestigious award.

Finally, as the funding for many schools is reduced in this time of economic downturn, the

Governors of the school are offering the school premises for hire, on either evenings or

weekends for functions or meetings etc. The picturesque grounds would be ideal for a Garden

Party perhaps?

All proceeds would contribute to both the upkeep of the school and the purchase of

resources and equipment for the children. Anyone interested should contact the school

directly.

There is always something new happening in this very pro-active learning environment and if

possible we should support this excellent Community school whenever we can.


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WHAT WHERE WHEN DETAILS

Upton St Leonards WI

Village Hall, Bondend Road, Upton St Leonards

1st Monday of each month at 7.30 p.m

Women’s Institute meeting. Come and join a friendly group of ladies and listen to our interesting speakers. See our website at www.uptonstleonardswi.weebly.com or telephone 01452 614957. Visitors and new members welcome.

Scottish Dancing

Kingsholm School, Sebert Street, Gloucester

Tuesdays during Termtime

New season starts September 6 at 7.30pm. Beginners welcome. For more details ring 01452 306857 or see website www.gloucesterscd.btck.co.uk

Twyver WI Village Hall, Bondend Road, Upton St Leonards

2nd

Monday of each month

You are welcome to join us at our friendly WI for talks & outings etc. For more information, call Sandra Lewis 01452-859421

Gloucester Ladies Probus Club

St Lawrence Church Rooms, Barnwood

1st and 3

rd

Wednesday of each month

Come and join our friendly group for coffee, talks and various activities. Call Pam for more info on 611564

Waterways Festival & Boat Jumble

Gloucester Docks

Sunday 1 April

New and used bargains for boating, watersports and the outdoors. Live music, Crafts Public admission: £3.50, accompanied chidlren (under 14)Free. 10.00am - 3.00pm Free Entry to the Museum - Guided tours by appointment TRADE BOOKING ENQUIRIES - 07976 383971

Bath Road Market 'Pop up Shop'

Bath Road Market, Leckhampton

Monday 2nd - Friday 6th April

There will be several market stalls at Bath Road Market all week including, handbags & purses, a wide selection of jewellery, handmade belts & shoes, alpaca shawls & clothing & a wide selection of gift ware, home ware & garden accessories plus some toys & easter gift ideas for children. Open Monday - Friday 10am - 5.30pm, pop in and see us! Support your local market and get great value for money! P.S. Don't forget the usual mixed markets are every Saturday and the farmers market is every Thursday.

Highnam Court Spring Fair

Highnam Court

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th April

10.30am - 5.00pm In aid of Gloucester Cathedral, The Pied Piper Appeal and the NSPCC http://www.highnamcourtspringfair.co.uk/

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Across Cheltenham

2nd -7th May

One of the highlights in the jazz calendar in Europe. The Barclays Cheltenham Jazz Festival has become an unmissable date in the jazz calendar due to its unique blend of British stars, one off collaborations and the freshest new sounds. Box office: 01242 505 444 www.cheltenhamfestivals.com

Event organisers- add your event here & online for free- just email [email protected] with the details


WHAT WHERE WHEN DETAILS

Lakefest 2012

Croft Farm Waterpark, nr Tewkesbury

18th – 19th May

BIG names from the music industry are due to descend on Tewkesbury for a major new festival. The line up includes Toploader, Dodgy, Chesney Hawkes, Miles and Erica of The Wonder Stuff. Accommodation is available ranging from camping to Tipis and the Pod Village. Gates open at 2pm. They will remain open for the follwing hours: Friday - 2pm - 12, Saturday 8am - 11pm, Sunday 7am - 2pm Tickets: Earlybird tickets: Adults weekend £69, child (11 - 15) £39. Weekend + camping £79 for adults, £49 child (11-15). Available online www.lakefest.co.uk or telephone Martin on 07736036967 or Lee on 07789965373

Grand Auction

Holy Trinity Church Hall, Longlevens

Saturday April 21st 2012

Viewing from 10.00, selling from 12 noon All manner of items for sale. This is a popular local auction which has been run for several years.

Fun Day, with sponsored Fun Runs/Walks (for 4 age categories)

Dinglewell Junior School & King George V Playing Field

Saturday 12 May from 1 to 6 p.m.

Craft & local organisation stalls, various activities in addition to the fun runs, demonstrations by local groups, refreshments, etc. Further details 01452 612799

Event organisers- add your event here & online for free- just email [email protected] with the details


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For details call Dave Stevens on

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E-mail –

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Kitchen and Bathroom fitting Heating and Plumbing repairs

Garden taps, extra radiators, power showers

General building repairs and maintenance Roofing repairs and maintenance Guttering & Upvc cladding

Single socket to double socket outlets, RCDs fitted

Power to garage or sheds Outside security lighting and alarms

New fuse boards And much more

DAVE’S TOP TIPS Power tools

No self-respecting DIY enthusiast can be without power tools. These tools are now often so cheap it seems silly not to have them seeing as they can considerably improve the ease and speed of any job. Special consideration should be given to which type and make of tool to buy- should you pick one up costing a few pounds or one costing a few hundred pounds? Only you can decide! As an example if you are re-pointing the back of a house, you are going to need a 4.5-inch angle grinder to cut out the old mortar. You could pay between £10.00 for a cheap corded one and up to £250.00 for a good quality cordless one. The cordless one would be great but comes at a premium price, at least you don't need to worry about cutting through the cord! The cheap corded one will hopefully do the job and at that price can be thrown away afterwards or you may be lucky enough to get many years service from it! Cheap cordless tools tend to be let down by the batteries, which often discharge very quickly. For this reason corded power tools are a better alternative as you can always use them without having to wait for the battery to be charged! Regards,

Dave Stevens.

If in doubt call me (see main advert for number) and I will do the investigating for you.

Disclaimer. All advice above is given in goodwill with many years experience. We cannot guarantee however that your problems will be rectified so please, if in doubt call us before undertaking any works yourself.



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Please include your name, address and telephone number in your entry.

A winner will be selected at random from the entries with the correct answer. The quiz closes on 20 May and winners will be contacted after this date.

Last Month’s winner was Lisa Sylvester

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